WSPEC046    Periodical contribution:     Pascoe, Francis Polkinghorne. 1864-1869. Longicornia Malayana; or, a descriptive catalogue of the species of the three longicorn families Lamiidæ, Cerambycidae and Prionidae, collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the Malay Archipelago. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, (series 3) 3: 1-712, 24 pl.   Text   Image   PDF

NHM-WP06.005.005    Note:    1864--1904   Cardboard folder labelled on the spine in print in A. R. Wallace's? William Greenell Wallace's? hand "Scraps - Darwinism" and on the front in blue pencil " Variation | Notes - Diagrams" and in lead pencil "Extracts from early Reviews of Origin of Species" in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand; approx 24 cm x 15 cm; containing forty-one separate folios comprising: 1- 5: Quotations in A. R. Wallace's hand from reviews of Darwin's "Origin of Species" 6-38: Ms notes and diagrams in A. R. Wallace's hand relating to chapter three ("The Variability of Species in a State of Nature") of his book "Darwinism, an Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection with some of its Applications (1889; 2nd ed 1890, 3rd 1901) 39: Letter, incomplete copy in A. R. Wallace's hand, from A. R. Wallace to an unknown correspondent, from Westbourne Grove Terrace 24 May, annotated in an unknown hand "1864"; with thanks for criticism of A. R. Wallace's paper 'Human Races and the Antiquity of Man Deduced from the Theory of "Natural Selection"' ( Journal of the Anthropological Society of London. 2: clviii-clx; read 1 Mar 1864) 40: Letter from A. R. Wallace to Samuel Butler, from Waldron Edge, Duppas Hill, Croydon 9 May 1879 with thanks for and criticism of Butler's books "Life and Habit" (1878) and "Evolution Old and New" (1879) 41: Postcard to A. R. Wallace from H Tiedeman, from Fordwych Road Hampstead 13 Dec 1901, re "Wallace's Line", asking whether his views on distribution of species as expressed in the most recent edition of "The Malay Archipelago" have changed, with annotation in A. R. Wallace's hand dated 10 Apr 1904. Notes: Each folio has been numbered in pencil in square brackets to assist counting but to save time no reference nos added. Most but not all diagrams (graphs) are published in some form in A. R. Wallace's "Darwinism" (1889, and 2 later editions). Some of these papers may be misfiled but as all seem relate in some way to the subject they have not been separated. PJL Dec 2003. 6-38: Ms notes and diagrams in A. R. Wallace's hand relating to chapter three ("The Variability of Species in a State of Nature") of his book "Darwinism, an Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection with some of its Applications (1889; 2nd ed 1890, 3rd 1901) 39: Letter, incomplete copy in A. R. Wallace's hand, from A. R. Wallace to an unknown correspondent, from Westbourne Grove Terrace 24 May, annotated in an unknown hand "1864"; with thanks for criticism of A. R. Wallace's paper 'Human Races and the Antiquity of Man Deduced from the Theory of "Natural Selection"' ( Journal of the Anthropological Society of London. 2: clviii-clx; read 1 Mar 1864) 40: Letter from A. R. Wallace to Samuel Butler, from Waldron Edge, Duppas Hill, Croydon 9 May 1879 with thanks for and criticism of Butler's books "Life and Habit" (1878) and "Evolution Old and New" (1879) 41: Postcard to A. R. Wallace from H Tiedeman, from Fordwych Road Hampstead 13 Dec 1901, re "Wallace's Line", asking whether his views on distribution of species as expressed in the most recent edition of "The Malay Archipelago" have changed, with annotation in A. R. Wallace's hand dated 10 Apr 1904.

S112    Periodical contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1865. Descriptions of new birds from the Malay Archipelago. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865 (13 June): 474-481, pls. 28-29.   Text   Image   PDF

S109    Periodical contribution:     Wallace, A. R. 1865. List of the land shells Collected by Mr. Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of the new species by Mr. Henry Adams. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 405-416, pl. 21.   Text   Image   PDF

S715[2d].2    Book:     Wallace, A. R. 1869. The Malay Archipelago: The land of the orang-utan, and the bird of paradise. A narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature. London: Macmillan and Co. Volume 2. 2d edition.   Image   PDF

NHM-WP06.001    Note:    1872--unknown   Paper(s) relating to Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1869, "The Malay Archipelago; The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise; A Narrative of Travel With Studies of Man and Nature". 2 volumes. Macmillan & Co., London, 9 March 1869 and subsequent editions/reprints.

NHM-WP07.010    Note:    1902?   Note in A. R. Wallace's hand re the loss of the original Ms of his paper sent to Darwin; written on a brown envelope approx 24 cm x 14 cm, with text: "The first 8 letters I received from Darwin - (while in the Malay Archipelago) | N B The Mss of my paper sent to Darwin and printed in the Journal of the Linnean Society, was not returned to me, and seems to be lost. The proofs with the Mss. were Perhaps sent to Sir Charles Lyell, or to the Secretary of the Linn. Soc. or may some day be found. It was written on thin foreign note paper. | Alfred R. Wallace". The envelope was empty when listed. Place: Ternate Moluccas Netherlands Indies Notes: The letters were probably those sent to Cockerell for exhibition during the Darwin Centenary 1909: see letter from Cockerell 23 Mar 1909 (WP11/4). Dated on this basis and the possibility that the letters were first set aside for use when writing his autobiography, which he began in 1902: see letter to his son William 16 Mar 1902 (WP1/1/44). See also proof of Ternate paper, WP7/9.

NHM-WP02.006.002.03    Note:    [1914--1915]   Rough undated notes in ink in an unknown hand re A. R. Wallace's experiences in the Malay Archipelago, beginning "1854 went to the Malay Archipelago - a part of the world quite unknown then - and full of the most wonderful birds and insects." 2 pp. on 2 ff.

NHM-WP12.038    Note:    undated   "The Waste of Beauty | Written after reading "… Malay Archipelago", undated poem signed J W Gough, Ms in ink on 1 folded folio (3 pp) of lined paper, annotated in ink in A. R. Wallace's hand on the title page "Ideas and sentiments good - | verse but so-so | A.R.W." over "Not bad on the whole" in pencil in his? or WGW's? hand. Notes: A. R. Wallace's "Malay Archipelago" was first published in 1869 but frequently reprinted; the date of the poem could be anywhere between 1869 and A. R. Wallace's year of death, 1913.

NHM-WP01.001.152    Correspondence:   Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell  undated   1 sheet folded and written on two sides in Mrs Richard Wallace's hand as follows: Letters from A.R. Wallace to his son W.G. Wallace June 1889 June 1911 & 2pcs. Letter no 42. Ref treatment of smallpox | reprint of Malay Archipelago | vaccination. Letter No 44 Donkey & Cart | Plants from Sir Thomas Hanbury. Letter No 29 Househunting! | Beaconsfield | Nr Owens House - The Grange | 70 acre estate with potential! November 1900 (A. R. Wallace aged 77?). Letter no 26 A. R. Wallace giving instructions to his son William !! aged 29!! Letter No 78 (text ends here) Place: Dorset England